Background
Baarda, Tjitze was born on July 8, 1932 in Vogelenzang, The Netherlands. Son of Reinder and Huberta Jacoba (Guyt) Baarda.
Baarda, Tjitze was born on July 8, 1932 in Vogelenzang, The Netherlands. Son of Reinder and Huberta Jacoba (Guyt) Baarda.
Bachelor in Seminary Studies, Vrije University, Amsterdam, 1958. BTh, Vrije University, Amsterdam, 1961. Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam, 1962.
Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Vrije University, Amsterdam, 1975.
He spent his career at the VU University Amsterdam and Utrecht University. He specialized in the four gospels of the New Testament. He obtained his doctorate in 1975 with a dissertation titled: "The gospel quotations of Aphrahat the Persian sage".
His doctoral advisors were Matthew Black and R. Schippers.
Baarda subsequently became a professor of Biblical criticism, exegesis and canon of the New Testament at the same university. In 1981 Baarda became extraordinary professor (Dutch:buitengewoon hoogleraar) at Utrecht University, two years later he became a regular professor
In 1990 he returned to the VU University and held the chair of New Testament. He retired in 1997. During his career specialized in the four gospels of the New Testament.
Member Deputaatschap Kerk en Theologie. Member Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie Van Wetenschappen, Beirat Institute Neutestamentliche Textforschung, Gebiedsraad voor de geesteswetenschappen NWo, The Netherlands.
Married Hilda Juliana Giliam, February 23, 1958. Children: Reint Menno, Fokke Bert, Martin Johan, Eelco Pieter, Maria Elizabeth.